October 19, 2010 4:11 PM PDT
This past weekend while my husband was home from work we decided to go out for a nice ride together. We didn't wind up having such a great time. First my husband went for a short ride alone since I drive slower and am less experianced. While he was on his way back to the house for me he drove through the small town we live just out side of. There is a yeild sign and as he slowed to see if it was clear for him to continue a car passed him illegally and almost ran him off the road. Now he got home safe and asked if I was ready to head out. He always has me go first so he can watch me. He also had our 15 yr old son on his bike with him. I was driving just at the speed limit and there were 3 cars behind us. The first 2 cars passed us with no problem. The 3rd car started to pass my husband, then as he got along side of my husband he just stayed there forcing my husband closer to the side of the road. I saw this in my mirrors and slowed a bit hoping the car would pass me too. He stayed right along side my husband. after about 10 minutes of this we saw an on coming car. My husband decided to move closer to the car and try and force the car to move away from us. Just as the on coming car got to me the car riding along side of my husband passed him and also passed me almost forcing me off the road. Just as he passed me the on coming car was also passing. There was no where for me to move to so I just held my breath and after the car did pass I had to drve about 1 mile further before I found a safe place I could pull over and stop. Needles to say it ended the day for us. Not only was my husband upset and mad my son was shaking and I was pretty freaked. I can still see the guys face now smiling and laughing at us as he passed. I am not going to let it scare me out of riding anymore but I am very cautous out there. I know I have to build my confedence back up since my accident back in May but people like that we don't need out on any road.